Teaching Assistant, Additional Needs (Single Pupil) with Before & After Club responsibilities

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Teaching Assistant, Additional Needs (Single Pupil) to join our team of highly professional support staff. You will be required to work, under guidance, to provide support in addressing the needs of a pupil who requires particular help to overcome barriers to learning.

In addition to the TA role, this position will support the delivery of the school's breakfast and after school club our children attending. This role will work under the direction of Before and After School Club Leader to help provide safe and stimulating care for our children.

The TA role is linked to funding and is currently for 10 hours. The Before & After club role is for 6 hours a week. (These are not fixed hours and are likely to increase)

Ideally the successful candidate will have experience of working with children who have a range of difficulties and experience of working in an Early Years setting.

We are looking for:

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• A commitment to high expectations to meet the needs of all children
• Have lots of energy and enthusiasm
• Be able to work as part of a team

St Mary and St Chad First School is a small village school in the centre of Brewood. The school has 145 children on role and the staff work together as a team to ensure all children can achieve their full potential.

Visits to the school are welcomed. Please contact Sandra Lamond (Headteacher) via email: office1@stmarystchad.org or by telephone on 01902 850373 to arrange a call or visit.

Being part of Penk Valley Academy Trust:

Penk Valley Academy Trust is the local academy Trust for the following schools: Marshbrook First School, Princefield First School, St John’s First School, St Mary & St Chad CE First School, Penkridge Middle School, Wolgarston High School and The Rural Enterprise Academy.

The Trust’s vision and ethos is encapsulated in our motto ‘Learning Together’. Our main aim is to work collaboratively and take collective responsibility for ensuring that every child and young person in our Trust receives an excellent education, achieves high outcomes and realises their potential. All members of staff work incredibly hard to provide the very best education for every child in our care.

Employee benefits

• Access to first class CPD opportunities
• Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 7 schools within the academy
• Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension - automatic enrolment into Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted gym memberships
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Free will writing service

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and responsibility. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All staff working in the School during the school day will have contact with children and will therefore be in regulated activity. 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.